LO-J O R D E R — C O L E O P T E R A , SECTioif-^rENTAMEEA.
EYXABIS ANTHICOIDES.
(Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc, loc. cit.)
PLATE IV, FIG. 13.
Totiis pieeiis, obscnrus, leviter pimctatissimus, breviter luteo-setosus.
Long. corp. lin. (mill. 5).
Habitat ; Sing-apore. In J\Ins. Saunders.
F A M I L Y — T E L E P H O R I D . E . S U B - F A M I L Y — J I A L A C H I I D E S .
GENITS—CEPHALONCUS.
(Wcstir. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd Ser. TOI. i. Proc. p. 178; Wollastou, Catal. Coleopt. Ins. Canaries, p. 229.)
CqiJialogoniee Will. proximiim ; cliffert capite in maribus protliorace fere duplo latiori, postico excai
ato, excavatione lata, antice trisinuata, in medio tuberculo minuto obseuro, instructa ; facie in ntroque sexu
antice brevi, neo conica; antenna; breviores, simplices, articnlo secundo minuto, tertio et quarto sequentibus
baud multo brevioribus ; protborax brevis late cordatus ; palpi labiales (fig. 6f/) articulo ultimo subovali (nec
subseeuriformi) ; elj-tra modiee elong-ata apice in singulo rotundato; tarsi omnes (in ntroque sexu) 5-avticnlati
(fig. 6e); labrum transversum (fig. 6«) ; mandibulse breves crassa;, apice bifida; (fig. 6 ; maxilte parva; galea
medio articnlata (fig. 6 c).
CEPIIAI01>RCUS CAPITO.
(TVestw. Trans. Ent. Soc. loc. cit. supra.)
PLATE V, Pic. G.
Lutescens, nigro-varius : capite nigro excavatione, in maribus, luteo-variegata ; protliorace fulvescente,
macula magna media, alterisque dnabus parvis lateralibus (interdum oonfiuentibus) ; elytris luteis, bumeris late
cum seutello, macnlisqire duabus magnis subapicalibus nigris.
Long. corp. | - 1 lin.
Habitat; Insula Canaria grandis super arbuscnlas Plocarace pendula;, d. 18 Apr. 1858, lectus (D. Wollaston).
In !Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia;.
GENUS—ICHTHYURUS.
(Westw, Cabinet Oriental Entom. p. 84.)
The mandibles are slender, terminated by three sharp teeth (fig. 2 a) ; the maxillary palpi (fig. 2 h) and the
labial palpi (fig. 2c) are terminated by a large securiform joint; the middle legs in the female are simple
(fig. 2iO.
ICHTHYUEUS DISCOIDALIS. (Westw. 1. c. siqira.)
PLATE II, Fio. 2.
Capite nigro; f;icie subtus et basi antennarnm ilavis, palpis nigris, protborace nitido piceo margine postico
pallidiori ; elytris ilavis, basi cum seutello pallidioribus, disco piceo, abdomine flavo ad basin picco-vario, segmento
apicali nigro ; alis fuscis ; pedibus antieis maris simplieibus flavis, femoribus in medio, tarsisque fuseis ;
femoribus intcrraediis vakle inflatis flavis, in medio macula magna ovali nigra^ subtus excavatis basique spinis
duabus oblique truncatis, armatis; tibiis brevissimis, curvatis erassis; pedibus posticis fuscis basi fcmorum
fìavescentibus.
Ijong. corp. lin 4.
Habitat; Sierra Leone (D. Strachan). In Mus. Ilopeiano Oxonia;.
FAMILY—PTINIDYE. 103
F A M I L Y — P T M I D V E .
GENUS—DIPLOCOTES.
(Wcstiv. Trans. Ent. Scc. Lond. 1869, part iv. August, p. 317.)
Genus vel subgenus Ptinidarnm; antenna; crasste, ll-articnlatie; articulo decimo inerassato, et 3 antecedentibus
simul sumptis a;quante ; ultimo parvo, fere rotundato ; caput et prothorax omnino ut in Polyplocote ;
elytra ovalia, globosa, punctato-striata, et setosa; pedes satis elongati, simplices; tarsis 5-articulatis, inei'mibiis.
This insect in its peculiar antenna; connects Polyplocotes with I'tinus, especially with such species as Plimts
liololeumis, &c.
SPECIES 1—DIPLOCOTES HOWITTANUS.
(Westw. loc. cit. p. 317.)
PLATE III, FIG. G.
D. totus castaneus, elytris magis fulvescentibus ; setosus ; antennarum articulis 2-9 moniliformibus ;
pronoto striolato, pone medium impressione curvata ad incisionem lateralem utrinque extensa et striolis protundioribus
notata ; elytris punetato-striatis.
Long. corp. hn. I.
Habitat ; Gawler, Adelaide, Australia (Odewahn). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia;.
GENUS—POLYPLOCOTES.
(Westw. Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. i86g, part iv. August, p. 316.)
Genus Ectrephidem cum Ptinidis eonjungens; cor]nis parvum, nitidum; pedibus longis, simplieibus, tarsis
pentamcris ; caput pronum, ante antennas subrostratum, pone antennas utrinque constrictum ; mandibula;
(fig. magna;, conic®, extus versus basin, incisione minuta; maxilla; (fig. 4i), cum palpis, omnino ut in
Ectrephide; antenna; crassa;, 9-articulata;, articulo octavo inerassato, ultimo parvo, truncato; prothorax margine
antico elevato, pone medium impressione profunda curvata, in incisionem lateralem utrinque terminata ;
elytra ovalia, basi suleis profundis impressa ; pedes approximati, binis posticis inter se magis distantibus (fìg. 4 d,
thorax infra visus).
This interesting genus satisfactorily solves the question of the affinity of Ectrephes with the Ptinidffi. The
mentnm (fig. 4 e) has the sides roundly dilated ; the labium is oblong, terminated by two minute palpi.
SPECIES 1—POLYPLOCOTES LOKGICOLLIS.
(Westw. loc. cit. 316.)
PLATE III, FIG. 4.
P. niger, nitidus ; antennis rugosis ; prothoraoe oblongo, sulco transverse prope marginem anticunij disco
punctate, pone medium semicirculariter impresso, striolato ; elytris ad basin suleis 6 profundis, dorso striatopunctatis.
Long. corp. fere lin. IJ.
Habitat ; Swan llivcr. In Mus. Ilopeiano Oxonia;.
SPECIES 2—POLYPLOCOTES NITIDUS.
(Westw. Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. 1869, part iv. August, p. 317.)
PLATE III, FIG. 5.
P. piceo-niger, glaberrimus ; antennis crassioribus, huvibus, nitidis, setosis ; prothoraoe subquadrato, nitido,
niipunetato, impressione tenuissima postica notato ; elytris ghibris, impunctatis, basi vix suleatis.
Long. corp. lin. 1.
Habitat; Swan lliver. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia;.